NCT07150572

Evaluation of the Effect of Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion on Tooth Color

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bezmialem Vakif University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This prospective study aimed to evaluate effects of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) on the color, maxillary anterior teeth by comparing them with untreated control group.

Detailed description

In this study fifteen patients who underwent SARME and fifteen untreated control patients were included. Color measurements of the six maxillary anterior teeth were performed using a spectrophotometer. Periodontal health was assessed using the Gingival Index(GI), Probing Depth(PD), Plaque Index(PI), while pulp sensitivity was evaluated using an electric pulp tester(EPT). Color changes were calculated and fractal analysis was performed on CBCT images obtained evaluate the trabecular bone structure adjacent to the maxillary central incisors.

Conditions

• Maxillary Transverse Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	surgery assisted rapid maxillary expansion	Under general anesthesia, the patients underwent a maxillary expansion procedure, during which the maxillary resistance sites were surgically released

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-10
• Primary completion: 2025-07-25
• Completion: 2025-08-01
• First posted: 2025-09-02
• Last updated: 2025-09-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)